Eggs dated 6th June... AKA the Conor74 Lives thread

10-06-2017 9:15am #1

...would you chance them?

Think I'll boil them anyway, and judge by taste/odour.

Ken. · 10-06-2017 9:17am

Alas I knew him well. Wasn't a bad fecker.

fergal.b · 10-06-2017 9:19am

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

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Persephone kindness · 10-06-2017 9:19am

Could you not fork out for fresh eggs?

Persephone kindness · 10-06-2017 9:20am

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

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I never knew that!

Persephone kindness · 10-06-2017 9:22am

Seriously though how much is a carton of fresh eggs? like 1.50

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250809180

Widdershins · 10-06-2017 9:22am

If in doubt, throw it out. Food poisoning from eggs is particularly revolting. I'm not strict about Use-By Dates but with some foods, it's not worth taking a risk!

Harry Palmr · 10-06-2017 9:22am

June 6th? Pah! They've barely hatched been laid

Lady is a tramp · 10-06-2017 9:22am

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRo3TmM4Ljw

Alun · 10-06-2017 9:25am

Widdershins wrote: »

If in doubt, throw it out. Food poisoning from eggs is particularly revolting. I'm not strict about Use-By Dates but with some foods, it's not worth taking a risk!

There is no use by date on eggs, it's a best before date. Four days past a best before date is no problem at all, eat away.

Beyondgone · 10-06-2017 9:25am

Don't use deep water to test them in.

You just end up standing beside the canal with 2 bad eggs floating in front of you.

Widdershins · 10-06-2017 9:25am

I've my own chickens and I'd use the eggs for up to about a week and a half. At least I know exactly when I got them and they weren't languishing in a store room or on a shop shelf for days beforehand.

tomwaterford · 10-06-2017 9:26am

In my long lost youth

we used throw out of date eggs at cars at nighttime

Widdershins · 10-06-2017 9:26am

Alun wrote: »

There is no use by date on eggs, it's a best before date. Four days past a best before date is no problem at all, eat away.

I'm just saying I don't normally adhere too strictly to use by (or best before) dates. I would be strict about eggs though. He probably will be fine but I wouldn't chance it.

10-06-2017 9:28am

Persephone kindness wrote: »

Seriously though how much is a carton of fresh eggs? like 1.50

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250809180

Tesco is like half an hour away.

They are currently boiling away. And resting at the bottom of the saucepan. So the signs are good.

Lady is a tramp · 10-06-2017 9:29am

Widdershins wrote: »

I'm just saying I don't normally adhere too strictly to use by (or best before) dates. I would be strict about eggs though. He probably will be fine but I wouldn't chance it.

I'm usually fussy about best before dates, and use by dates, but eggs are different ... sure you'd know immediately by the smell if they were off!

I'd often use them 1-2 weeks after the best before date, so long as they looked and smelled okay. If I was in any doubt though I wouldn't chance it.

10-06-2017 9:30am

Widdershins wrote: »

I'm just saying I don't normally adhere too strictly to use by (or best before) dates. I would be strict about eggs though. He probably will be fine but I wouldn't chance it.

I'm a bit loose, but strict on the really processed stuff, pre packed meats like slices of ham etc. If it says "eat within x days of opening" I'm all for that. But an egg, reckon the smell and taste test will do.

Sarn · 10-06-2017 9:30am

Plenty of good advice above. Eggs have a best before date, not a use by date on them. If they float in water then bin them. That usually happens over a month after the BB date. I generally hard boil them if they are a few weeks past the BB date to be on the safe side.

whoopsadoodles · 10-06-2017 9:36am

Eggs last something like two months from being laid but shops only give them three weeks. I think.

Widdershins · 10-06-2017 9:41am

Lady is a tramp wrote: »

I'm usually fussy about best before dates, and use by dates, but eggs are different ... sure you'd know immediately by the smell if they were off!

I'd often use them 1-2 weeks after the best before date, so long as they looked and smelled okay. If I was in any doubt though I wouldn't chance it.

I think it is something like a month after laying, but I am still extra careful and limit it to 2 weeks maximum.

They don't have to be rotten to make you sick. If it was always so obvious Id say there'd be fewer cases of poisoning.

Yourself isit · 10-06-2017 9:46am

This reminds me of the best joke of the 19C.

A curate is visiting his bishop for breakfast. Gets a rotten egg. The bishop asks him what he thinks of the egg. He says it's good in parts.

johnayo · 10-06-2017 9:46am

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm a bit loose, but strict on the really processed stuff, pre packed meats like slices of ham etc. If it says "eat within x days of opening" I'm all for that. But an egg, reckon the smell and taste test will do.

Jaysus Conor, you might be a bit loose after eating them.:D

looksee · 10-06-2017 9:56am

In the olden days, like before about 1979, food was not dated. Having dates on stuff is a good idea, and on the whole should be observed, but the look, taste and smell method worked for most people since forever. The only things I am really picky about are chicken, fish and mince. Otherwise use common sense, eggs 4 days over are not likely to be an issue.

Apparently though if you store them in the fridge they have a shorter shelf life than if you store them in a press or on the counter.

Loon E. Tick · 10-06-2017 10:10am

If you pick one up and give it a bit of a rattle and shake, and if you can hear it sloshing around inside and sounds a bit liquidy, then it's more than likely gone off. So give it a bit of a rattle, Conor, and report back.

10-06-2017 10:11am

Eggs consumed and...

http://youtu.be/ZHwVBirqD2s

Ken. · 10-06-2017 10:13am

Thread title changed, headstone cancelled.

10-06-2017 10:19am

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad...

It works for eggs as well as witches?

Canis Lupus · 10-06-2017 10:30am

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

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No no it's throw them on the ground. If they bounce they're still good.

Persephone kindness · 10-06-2017 10:31am

Deleted User wrote: »

Eggs consumed and...

http://youtu.be/ZHwVBirqD2s

Yay!:pac:

Annasopra · 10-06-2017 10:43am

Deleted User wrote: »

...would you chance them?

Think I'll boil them anyway, and judge by taste/odour.

Yep. I've eaten eggs upto about 6 weeks after the date.

Annasopra · 10-06-2017 10:47am

looksee wrote: »

In the olden days, like before about 1979, food was not dated. Having dates on stuff is a good idea, and on the whole should be observed, but the look, taste and smell method worked for most people since forever. The only things I am really picky about are chicken, fish and mince. Otherwise use common sense, eggs 4 days over are not likely to be an issue.

Apparently though if you store them in the fridge they have a shorter shelf life than if you store them in a press or on the counter.

In Europe supermarkets only sell them non refrigerated because they do not get washed and its illegal to wash them
In America supermarkets only sell them refrigerated because they get washed and its illegal to not wash them

Fred Swanson · 10-06-2017 10:52am

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suicide_circus · 10-06-2017 10:53am

Squeeze the egg lengthways between your forefinger and thumb, if the egg dosnt break, you are gay.

Widdershins · 10-06-2017 11:39am

Food poisoning doesn't show up immediately. I got it from a takeaway omlette years ago and it took three hours.

Hannibal_Smith · 10-06-2017 1:10pm

Has I eaten the eggs? Was the 'Conor74 lives' bit written before or after eating the eggs?

corner of hells · 10-06-2017 1:30pm

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Eggs last something like two months from being laid but shops only give them three weeks. I think.

Conor
This one speaks the truth.
All the rest speak with forked tongues or don't know bollix.

Any way the hen/ostrich/crocodile that laid the egss could be years old.

JupiterKid · 10-06-2017 2:12pm

Eggs are usually good for about a month past their best before date. Rotten eggs smell revolting so you'll probably quickly know if your eggs are edible or not.

The water test is a good one. The reason why bad eggs float is that the gasses given off by rotting fills the egg and makes it buoyant.

Lady is a tramp · 10-06-2017 2:17pm

God, anyone else really craving eggs after reading this thread?

I'm trying to muster the energy to go to the shop. For lovely fresh eggs! And I'm gonna have them scrambled, with cream cheese and chorizo and jalepenos. On toasted sourdough bread. And it's going to be amazing!

jamesbere · 10-06-2017 2:20pm

Last time I ate eggs out of date this happened

https://youtu.be/5OVdoTDuKT0

10-06-2017 3:32pm

Dammit, back from the shops and course forgot to get eggs...

ceadaoin. · 10-06-2017 4:54pm

I'm usually fastidious about best before dates but with eggs I'm not. The other day I ate ones 2 weeks past their date. Did the water test first, they were grand.

ToddyDoody · 10-06-2017 6:24pm

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

Reminds me of a very long and heated discussion about whether or not fat people take longer to sink.

looksee · 10-06-2017 8:24pm

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

In Europe supermarkets only sell them non refrigerated because they do not get washed and its illegal to wash them
In America supermarkets only sell them refrigerated because they get washed and its illegal to not wash them

Right, but I think if you store european eggs in the fridge then leave them out they go off quicker. Something to do with absorbency of the shell or something, I can't remember the details.

Eggs dated 6th June... AKA the Conor74 Lives thread

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